This document is a summary of our most important accomplishments as an organization for 2013 and includes a summary of our public programming for 2014.
Afrolatin@ Project- 2013 Year in Review / Resumen del Ano
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February/febrero 2013: U. of Texas Austin– “Refashioning Blackness: Contesting
Racism in the Afro-Americas”; Presentation-Afrolatin@ Digital Citizenship: Mobile
Telephony, Web 2.0 and Digital Humanities (Presentación-Ciudadanía Digital
Afrolatin@, Telefonia Móvil, Web 2.0 y Humanidades Digitales)
Ministra Luiza Barrios SEPPIR-Brazil
Claudia Mosquera Rosero-Labbé, IDCARAN Colombia
Tomás Fernández Robaina, Biblioteca Nacional José Martí Habana
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April/abril 2013: Release of Spring journal: “Inclusion, Development and Technology”
/ Lanzamiento del Jornal de Primavera: “Inclusión, Desarrollo y Tecnología”
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May/mayo 2013: Organized documentary screening / Documental “Nosotros
Afroperuanos”. Co-sponsored by Arturo Schomburg Democratic Club of East Harlem,
Afropresencia.com, LUNDU, & AfroIncas Productions
Photo #1 (L-R) NYS Assemblyman 68th Dist. Robert Rodriguez, Jr.,
Director Gabriella Watson &
Monica Carrillo Director/Founder LUNDU-Peru;
*Press: Amsterdam News, N.Y. : http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2013/jun/13/notable-afro-brazilian-film-director-gabriela/
• May/mayo 2013: Partner with Amara and launch Afrolatin@ Project Open
Translation Initiative / Iniciativa Traduccion Abierta
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June/junio 2013: 1st Afrolatino Festival of NY/1er Festival Afrolatino de NY. Two
Dinners-for-2 Raffles with La Caye Restaurant & De Porres Dinner Series
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August/September agosto/septiembre 2013: Licensed content for PBS/WNET
documentary (Licenciado contenido para Documental de PBS/WNET):
“Latinoamericanos of New York and NJ”
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Created subtitles of LUNDU-Peru documentary: “AfroPeru” / Creo subtitulos para
Documental de LUNDU-Peru: “AfroPeru”
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September/septiembre 2013: Panelist- “Consortium of Afrolatino Communities”
(Panelista –”Consorcio de Comunidadaes Afrolatinos”). Baltimore City Community
College
September/October septiembre/octubre 2013: “3-Day Afrolatinidad Series for Hispanic
Heritage Month. School supplies collected for Escuela Primaria de Bastimientos in Bocas
del Toro Panama. Co-organized with Que Bajo Records, La Caye Restaurant , Madiba
Restaurant & Yemanja Caribe. Brooklyn, NY
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October/octubre 2013: Bank of NY Mellon Latin America Economic Development Panel.
Presentation: "Mobile Banking, Microfinance and Afrodescendants” (Presentación:
Bancario Móvil, Microfinanza y Afrodescendientes). New York, NY
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November/noviembre 2013: Co-organizer of ThatCamp Caribe 2.0 Digital Humanities
(Un)conference. Habana, Cuba
6. Programming Schedule for 2014/ Horario de Programación para 2014
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February 18, 2014 St. John's School of Law- Symposium: Human Rights,
Afrodescendants and Technology {Simposio-“Derechos Humanos, Afrodescendientes y
Tecnología”), Queens, NY
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February 2014: Documentary Screening/ Presentacion de Documentales -“AfroPeru” (
LUNDU); "Petronia Alvarez” & "Martina Camargo” (C.W.M.)
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April 2014: Moderator –CUNY Queens College Roundtable/Mesa Redonda: “"Abdias
do Nascimento and Candomblé, Santería and Afro-Latino Politics in Brazil and Cuba”.
Queens, NY
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June 2014: Participating in the 1st Afrolatino Festival of New York 2014.
Brooklyn, NY
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August 2014: 100 Years of the Panama Canal /100 Años del Canal de Panamá
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TBD: Community Economic Development Symposium; Tech Salon NYC Conference